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April 18, 2007

VA. TECH - I am a Hokies Fan

Over the past 48 hours or so I have been in front of www.foxnews.com along with up to the minute reports on the TV. It breaks my heart to think through the families who now are missing loved ones due to the acts of a man who obviously was extremely sick.

Rewind with me just a few years back. I remember the day that I made a list of cities that God had laid on my heart as potential sites for the church plant. Those cities were as follows...Wilmington, NC, Raliegh/Durham, NC, Columbia, SC, and Blacksburg, VA. The main reason for Blackburg, VA was the interest in VA. Tech. I cannot imagine being a pastor on that campus right now in light of such a stunning tragedy. There is NOT much you can say....you can only hold people, pray with them, and cry with them.

I want to challenge everyone with some simple thoughts that most of you have already probably taken into account and action.

-Pray for the families of the victims
-Pray for the students, staff, and faculty
-Pray for the pastors who are seeking to give comfort and answers within chaos and turmole
-Pray for others that are sick in this world....that others would see it....point it out....get proper help and more than that...pray that Jesus would save their soul and heal their mind and heart.

Lastly, to hear the student body screaping GO HOKIES at the top of their lungs at the candle light vigil service tonight was pretty awesome to see. You can find it online...it was powerful to hear and see.